Operation Astonia

One of the more famous battles in the war was the Invasion of Normandy, France by the Allied forces, also known as “Operation Overlord”. The arriving troops came ashore to heavy gun fire that wiped out a good portion of the soldiers that

May 30, 1942 was the last day the city of Cologne was going to see their home and their city in its normal state before it fell in the hands of the British. At approximately twelve fifteen the bombs started falling from overhead. The sirens and the alarms startled the home owners and the families living in Cologne. The planes above were not only dropping bombs but utilizing machine guns to ensure extra destruction. Not long after the attack started did many apartment buildings and department stores become engulfed with flames. This was also when military targets became irrelevant to the british bombers and they started to target not only the heart of the city but the main parts of the city that

Many people were baked alive in this raid. About 873 bombers were bombing the German city. Dresden did not have any military or industrial targets that opposing countries would have wanted to destroy; it became known as a terror bombing by the British because it was not a target. The raid caused many unwanted deaths and destroyed a small city. The casualties that occurred in these events would not have happened if it were not for the new and improved aircraft.

It was July 17, 1944, 11 days after the beach landings in Normandy and we already have started clearing nearby French towns and clearing hedgerows. 3rd Platoon which is mine was tasked with clearing the town of Point-Du-Monte. This town has about 20 buildings… left standing. The allied bombers have been peppering that area since before the landings. It was believed that German forces there were as strong as 300 and as weak as 50. Let’s just say, we were praying for 50.

On the 6th of August 1945 an American B-29 Bomber plane launched a dangerous atomic bomb called “Little Boy”, in the centre of the city of Hiroshima. The Bombs left 140,000 people dead and another ten thousand died later from the toxic radiation exposure.

In 1940, US allies, more specifically the Royal Air Force, conducted several bombing campaigns. These campaigns were in response to German air attacks against the British air force and their assets and focused primarily on the city of Berlin. Throughout these campaigns, over a million tons of bombs were dropped

Allied strategic bombing during the Second World War did not achieve its intended objective, which was to break German morale and bring about the swift defeat of Germany. However it did have a very significant impact and assisted the allied victory. There are diplomatic and economic reasons why the bombing campaign was significant. It also had a large impact on morale both in Germany and in Britain and effected outcomes on the fighting fronts in Second World War by impairing the German forces. The significance of the strategic bombing campaign has to be measured in terms of its effect as compared with the effect of other actions taken by the allies. This essay will argue that the real significance of allied strategic bombing was in capping

On the night of September 7, 1940 Germany attacked Great Britain. “About every two minutes a new wave of planes would be over” (Pyle). They targeted the “gigantic dome of St. Paul's Cathedral”, along with many other populated places. “Flames seemed to whip hundreds of feet into the air” (Pyle). The smoke was so bad they you could barely see the St. Paul's Cathedral (“The Bombing of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, September 7,1940”)“On September 4, the Luftwaffe switched tactics again and, on Hitler's orders, set about destroying London and other major cities” (“BBC History-The Battle Of

Operations in the post-9\11 era have been a major defence strategy to safeguard international security. As detailed in the Canada First Defence Strategy, the military will deliver the ability to conduct six core missions within Canada, North America and abroad, one of them being “lead and/or conduct a major international operation for an extended period” . Operation Artemis is one of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) participation in counterterrorism and maritime security operations. In this essay, I will describe in detail how this operation is linked to Canada`s security and its importance in demonstrating solidarity with partners and allies, working together for peace and security in the maritime environment of the greater Middle East region

London- Since the 7 of September, London and other cities of Great Britain have been bomb by Germany's Luftwaffe.

Most famously used in the incineration of 64 Japanese cities in the1940’s, napalm scorched more to death than in the atomic explosions in Nagasaki and Hiroshima (Bernard). Many still pose the question, why napalm instead of atomic weapons? During the destruction of the Japanese landscape, each atomic detonation had a price tag of $13.5 billion while each napalm destruction was only a slim $83,000 per metropolis (Norris). Most recently, during the siege of Aleppo, the Russian and Syrian governments alike, have been accused of using these incendiary bombs in the rebel occupied area. During this siege, when civilians “see barrels falling from the sky they hope they are explosives and not napalm”

“Courage isn’t a matter of is or is not; it’s about being afraid and doing what has to be done in spite of it” (Jon Pertwee). War is always hard, no one wants it and many people try to avoid it. No one wants to see their kids die, or for them to see people they know very well, even love, burn. No one wants to bury their kid or their husband, father, wife, mother, or anyone. War in itself, is needed. War is profitable to the winning side, war reparations and the payments made to soldiers help the economy. War can also defend the natural human rights. It also bring people who would have never otherwise of talked become the closest friends. War also helps with the countries understanding of any scientific field. War is controversial but it can

“Hiroshima does not look like a bombed city. It looks as if monster steamroller has passed over it and squashed it out of existence” (Wilfred Burchett). This quote tells how bad of an effect the bomb had on the city and people. About 150,000 people were killed in August of 1945 in Hiroshima. Most people died of radiation, burns, and the explosion. A common injury was Keloids; raised scars from the burns of the bomb. Another destructive effect that happened to some people were cataracts. A cataract is when the lens of your eye becomes opaque, resulting in blurred vision. The effects on the town were devastating. The cemeteries were uprooted, the churches and houses were burned down, and even the T-bridge’s barrier was knocked away. People say they don't know why Japan doesn’t hate America for dropping the A-bomb. If I lived in Hiroshima, I would be terrified and outraged at America for dropping Little Boy. On August 15, 1945, Japan surrendered because they couldn't take it anymore. About 227,000 survivors from The Little Boy bomb, and Fat Boy bomb; (bomb let off just days later in Nagasaki) are alive

consistently shelled by thousands of rounds of indirect fire from different types of artillery pieces. The theory here was that by bombing the area the

On the 6th November 1945, a United States bomber flies over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The only cargo aboard that B-29 bomber was an atomic bomb waiting on its target. At 8.15am the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, taking 140,000 lives with it. Most of the 140,000 died instantly, horrifyingly the rest of the innocent civilians that were not in direct contact with the bomb died painful deaths in the four months following. They died from radiation sickness and different types of cancers.